Taliban treatment of women

affected the country a great deal throughout history. The effects of Islam in Afghanistan are numerous, including - but not limited to - The Taliban’s rise to power, the discrimination against different sects of Islam and other religion, and the treatment of women. Many of these effects have lasted for years and have spread throughout the world. In Afghanistan, about 85 to 86 percent of the people practice Sunni, a sect of Islam, and about 12 to 13 percent of the people practice Shia, another sect

In 2010 a young Afghan women had her nose and ears cut off. Aesha Mohammadzai, first appeared on the cover of time magazine in 2010, shared her story on how her husband and in-laws cut off her nose and ears as punishment for trying to run away. Mohammadzai said: “Every day I was abused by my husband and his family. Mentally and physically; Then one day it became unbearable so I ran away." Three years later Mohammadzai began her reconstructive surgery. Aesha Mohammadzai now lives with a foster family

Lives of Afghani Women : Has it Always Been This Way?      A lot of attention has been drawn to the plight of women in Afghanistan. Many people understand what has been going on with the treatment of women in Afghanistan but very few understand. There should be more understanding of how women were treated before, during, and after the Taliban regime.      Afghanistan was a very different place before the Taliban came to power. Women had a different

very denied and completely dismissed. Women were treated horribly. They were beaten, abused verbally, and even killed. Under the rule of the Taliban, women were better off staying in the safety of their own homes. The Taliban are an Islamic political movement. They ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. When they took over, several new laws, rules, and restrictions were made. The laws made for Afghan women were much more brutal than those for men. Women could show very little to no skin if

heartbreaking and emotional. Before watching the movie, I knew very little about the Taliban’s and the film director, this film push me to research the Taliban and Siddiq Barmak. I want to know why and how this film came to be. The film gave me a meticulous insight into the lives of girls and women in Afghanistan; living under the ruling of the Taliban. I was unaware of the extent of gender discrimination occurring in Afghanistan during this time. The Taliban’s were the main force of power for many

establishment of Taliban rule affect the rights, freedoms and opportunities of women in Afghanistan? Prior to Taliban rule, women had significant rights and educational and professional opportunities. As early as 1920’s women were granted the right to vote and equal rights for men and women that would be undermined by later successions of power. In 1964, a new constitution creates a modern democracy with free elections, equal rights, freedom of speech, universal suffrage, and allows women to enter

has showed no remorse for any groups of people; especially women. The war zone, known as Afghanistan, has affected women the worst out of all groups of people affected by the many wars. From getting their rights to education, health, and careers taken away, to being treated like a useless piece of trash, women have experienced a drastic amount of inequality, pain, and fear. Ever since the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan, Afghan women have been physically, mentally, and sexually abused, denied

Topic # 2 With a strict and unforgiving hand the Taliban ruled over Afghanistan from the 90's until 2001. The Taliban hold an extremist interpretation of teachings from the Koran, the Islamic holy book. According to them, the Taliban, the Koran states that God has deemed the man of the house as the primary authority figure; they have rule over every one in the household be it wife or child. Their interpretation states, also, that women are not to reveal any part of them selves except their

The Taliban and Afghanistan Afghanistan followed the same fate as dozens of formerly Soviet-occupied countries after the collapse of Moscow's Marxist government in 1991. Islamic factions, which had united to expel the Russian occupiers in 1992, began to fight among themselves when it became apparent that post-communist coalition governments could not overcome the deep-rooted ethnic and religious differences of the members. It was in this atmosphere of economic strife and civil war that a

with just a suitcase to define their life and they were stripped of their identity in Afghanistan. Later in the book Amir returns to Afghanistan and notices the 180 change of the whole environment. Violence was at its highest with the rise of the Taliban, along with the poverty and lack of resources for all the different classes. The people were struggling through their everyday life, however suffering became their new lifestyle. Similar to the main characters in The Kite Runner, most refugees immigrate